Joe Calzaghe is set to kick off a spectacular weekend of sport by featuring in another career-defining super-fight on the eve of the World Cup final.

Promoter Frank Warren is working towards making Calzaghe's next fight for Saturday, July 8 - and intends for one of his superstar rivals to be in the opposite corner.

Calzaghe's stock has skyrocketed following his sensational points win over Jeff Lacy in Manchester on Sunday morning and he is in position to take his pick from a number of lucrative options.

Warren said: "We are looking at July next for Joe and I believe the ideal opponent would be Roy Jones, who is the biggest name out there and I am sure Joe would do a job on him.

"But Joe will take a break, then we will sit down and decide where he goes from here. We will talk to the television companies because Joe's reputation has risen significantly after his win."

Calzaghe's biggest decision is whether to remain at the 12-stone super-middleweight limit and attempt to unify the remaining two portions of the title or move up to the more lucrative light-heavyweight division.

Neither of the other two super-middle champions, Mikkel Kessler or Markus Beyer, mean much to the American market, while the likes of Jones and light-heavy champion Antonio Tarver are big box-office.

Having initially insisted Lacy would be his last fight at the lower weight, Calzaghe has admitted having second thoughts having finally succeeded in unifying the titles that had eluded him for so long.

One other name in the frame is Sheffield's IBF light-heavyweight champion Clinton Woods, who has been angling for a fight which would promise a high-quality domestic tear-up.

Warren said: "Clinton Woods would be a decent fight but it would be difficult to make and it might also be seen as a step backwards for Joe by those in the United States.

"The same goes for the other super-middleweight champions which is why light-heavyweight might represent Joe's future and why Roy Jones is a fight I would make in a flash."